How storytelling through the use of avatars could help Fukushima evacuees express themselves: digital archive for people in the diaspora

This study examined various narrated animations created by Namie high school students within the Memorytalk platform, specifically for the purpose of investigating their storytelling methods based on Erving Goffman's role-distance theory. Memorytalk not only allows avatars that provide users with anonymity when expressing a wide range of memories, it also creates (1) opportunities for face-to-face workshops in the context of computer-mediated communication and (2) the therapeutic benefits of being humorous. In sum, the platform may provide users with a form of role distancing in which people in the diaspora can more freely express themselves and also store valuable local memories.PMID:38287704 | DOI:10.1080/13623699.2024.2306458
Source: Medicine, Conflict and Survival - Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Source Type: research